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Gr.1 J. CLINE.

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,316.` Patentedlvlay 17, 1887.

lhlllllll-II IJV VEA/'TOR WIT fssy rra GEORGE J. CLINE, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM Bl. LEHMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

FENCEmM/CHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,316, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed November 30, 1886. Serial No. 220,303. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. CLINE, a citizen ofthe United St-ates, and a resident of Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FenceeMachines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refcr ence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked y thereon ,which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is arepresentaton of a side elevation partly in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the twister-frame partly broken away. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line m w, Fig. l.

My invention relates to machines for making picket felices; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the bed-piece or sill of the twister-frame. The vertical timbers B C are secured to the bed-piece by nailing them to the edges of said bed-piece, or by mortising the vertical timbers into the bed-piece, or in any other suitable manner that will provide for the requisite strength of the structure.

Cross-pieces D E, F G, H I, and J K, ar ranged in pairs, are secured to the opposite edges of the vertical timbers B C, and the several pairs of cross-pieces aforesaid are provided With aligned openings L, which form the seats or bearings for the tubular journals M of the several twisters N O P Q. The tubular journals M are preferably made of gaspipe, and are provided each with two diametrically-disposed interior lugs, R and S, through which the wires to be twisted pass. Each of the tubular journals M is provided with a sprocket-gear, T, which is rigidly secured to its journal M, so as to turn the journal when the sprocket-gear is turned. An endless sprocketchain, U, runs over the upper and lower sprocket-gears T and engages the intermediate sprocket-gears at the same time. A larger sprocket-gear, V, journaled in bearingsin the ends of the arms WV W, also engages the endless sprocket-chain at one side. A

lever, X, is lulcrumed on the journal of the sprocketgear V, and is provided with aspringpressed pawl, Y, which normally engages the sprocket-gear V, so that said sprockctgear may by turned to move the endless sprocketi chain, which in turn rotates the twister and twists the wires.

It will be seen that the lower end of the spring-pressed pawl is turned in such a manner that the same will engage the teeth of the sprocket-\vheel V and turn the same when the said lever is turned in one direction; but when the said lever is moved in the opposite direction the pawl will ride over the teeth of the said wheel and allowthe operati-ng parts of the machine to remain idle.

a designates the reel-post, which is provided with four reelrframes, b c d e, each of which reelframes has a double reel, f, journaled in bearings inthe end arms of the reel-frames. reel-shaft g is provided with two coiled bundles of wire, which are separated bya middledisk, h, secured to each reel-shaft, so that the bundles of wire may not interfere one with another. The ends of the two coils of wire on each reel are passed through the lugs R and S, respectively, said wires going to the proper twister. There being four twisters in this construction, eight coils of wire will be used, and the pickets, when fed to place-between the pairs of wires and the wires twisted around them, will be supported by four equidistant stringers, there-` by producing a strong and durable picket fen ce.

The reel-frames b c d e are pivoted to the post a, and turn when the wires are twisted, to

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prevent twisting between the twisting devices and the spools.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with the frame provided with the twisters, the endless sprocket-chain, thelarger sprocket-wheel, its lever and pawl, of the'reel-post provided with independent pivoted reel-frames carrying double reels, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. CLINE. Witnesses:

E. Louis Konus, AMELIA R. THOMAS. 

